Transit Strike is Punchline Ready

Is it too soon for transit strike jokes? Hell no! It's never too soon to laugh-- especially in these crazy times, when you don't know if you're even going to make it home without freezing your toes (or worse!) off. Our favorites from last night, courtesy of the News Max roundup:

Jay Leno
- What a crowd. You sound like New York City cab drivers when they heard busses and trains were on strike!
- But you have to admire the spirit of New Yorkers. Since the subways have shut down people are now urinating in elevators and stairwells.

David Letterman
- New York City is in the middle of a transit strike. The bad news is that FEMA is on the way.
- Because of the strike CBS has given all non-essential employees the day off – goodnight!

Conan O'Brien
- New York City is under a transit strike for the first time in 25 years. People aren’t allowed to travel by car in the city unless there’s four people to a car.
- New Yorkers have become so desperate they’re actually talking to their neighbors.

Okay, those all sorta sucked, but let's see you come up with something more amusing-- we double dog dare you! And Conan's transit strike car pool van was great - we loved how his van had to have crap in it, to emulate a subway experience!

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By Jake Dobkin in Arts and Events, News on December 21, 2005 12:02 PM

Comments [rss]

kam

the nyc transit strike gave me AIDS :(

triumph

the mta is doing a great job... for me to poop on!!

thats the best i could come up with, sorry

billy

gotta love conans hair!

cc

Conan is so hot.

Sue

Jay Leno is an asshole.

John

MTA managers are running some empty trains throughout the system to keep the rails polished and rust-free. That's probably what the J train you saw was doing, matt c.

Brian

buses, buses, buses.

thisisnuts

NYC Mayor Bloomberg peds his way to work across the Brooklyn Bridge this morning in what he describes as 'quite a pleasant walk, actually'. In attempts to gainmore favorable public opinion in light of failure to end the strike, he plans on walking to work tomorrow wearing nothing but boxers and flip-flops with the words 'Eat Me TWU!' spray-painted on his back.

Johnny 5

This would be an opportune moment for Gothamist to do a large story on the benefits of Opto trains and why we should start using them on the L line.

HankerHunka

How many striking NY transit workers does it take to change a light bulb?

None of your damn business!

MT

That would be awesome! Talk about teaching a lesson and helping out those who really need it.

krackilow

That J train is robotically operated - they've just announced that all MTA employees are fired and are being replaced by robots and katrina victims.

dstein

Can we start calling the TWU the T Triple-U?

matt c

What the hell? The J train just went by my house. (Not a joke)

Mihir

I thought Conan's car pool van segment was funny. I also like that he had the audience give themselves a round of applause for making it to the show.

mark

please tell me that gothamist doesn't use newsmax as any kind of reputable source for anything. heck, it wouldn't surprise me if they even made up those jokes.